DPO Snatches Ballot Boxes, Voters Tear-Gased In Niger
A senior police officer (names withheld) has been
accused of snatching four ballot boxes and papers at the Mungoro central
polling unit of the Majin ward in Niger State.
The officer, who is also the Divisional Police Officer attached to Magama Local Government area of Niger State reportedly tear-gassed officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and voters who were on a queue to cast their votes, Daily Post reports.
According to an eyewitness, Mr. Ibrahim Rege, voters had been accredited peacefully and voting had started when the DPO stormed the polling unit.
“The entire voting process was on course peacefully. Accreditation was peacefully carried out and voters were orderly on the queue to cast their vote when the DPO stormed the polling unit, tear-gassed both INEC officials and the people before carting away the ballot boxes together with the thumb-printed and virgin ballot papers,” Rege said.
The officer, who is also the Divisional Police Officer attached to Magama Local Government area of Niger State reportedly tear-gassed officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and voters who were on a queue to cast their votes, Daily Post reports.
According to an eyewitness, Mr. Ibrahim Rege, voters had been accredited peacefully and voting had started when the DPO stormed the polling unit.
“The entire voting process was on course peacefully. Accreditation was peacefully carried out and voters were orderly on the queue to cast their vote when the DPO stormed the polling unit, tear-gassed both INEC officials and the people before carting away the ballot boxes together with the thumb-printed and virgin ballot papers,” Rege said.
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